as in janitor
a person who tends a door
the doorkeeper held the door open for us so we didn't have to put down our packages
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Recent Examples of doorkeeper
Since the library’s books all date from before 1755, a major job here is preservation, and the zealous doorkeeper opens the big front door sparingly to keep out humidity.
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Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
His duties were basic: sacristan, director of altar boys, doorkeeper.
—Maya Bell, jsonline.com, 18 July 2025
Who better to help usher us through this liminal time than an ancient doorkeeper?
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2025
The store has a limit of 81 customers at a time, an employee working as a doorkeeper said.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
The team also took a closer look at Harwa, a mummified individual who lived around 3,000 years ago and was a granary’s doorkeeper.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Nov. 2024
The more that is written about Kafka, the more that his images are scrutinized—the cages and buckets and horses, the emperors and doorkeepers—the further that access recedes.
—Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024
Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026
His duties were basic: sacristan, director of altar boys, doorkeeper.
—Maya Bell, jsonline.com, 18 July 2025
Who better to help usher us through this liminal time than an ancient doorkeeper?
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2025
The store has a limit of 81 customers at a time, an employee working as a doorkeeper said.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
The team also took a closer look at Harwa, a mummified individual who lived around 3,000 years ago and was a granary’s doorkeeper.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Nov. 2024
The more that is written about Kafka, the more that his images are scrutinized—the cages and buckets and horses, the emperors and doorkeepers—the further that access recedes.
—Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doorkeeper
Noun
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Poorsaleh said neither is a student in the Chula Vista Elementary School District where the janitor worked part-time.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Jan. 2026
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Plenty of schools have commitment from the top of the chancellor’s office, down to the janitor’s closet in the football locker room.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Try the 15th edition of the Bleeding Heart, based on a German-style porter.—
Mindy Sink,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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After much urging from financial analysts over the years, Richemont sold the loss-making Yoox Net-a-porter group to LuxExperience, parent of Mytheresa.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Doorkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doorkeeper. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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